Apple Earnings: Quarterly net profit of $9.5 billion, 37.4 Million iPhones Sold; 19.5 Million iPads Sold

Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2013 second quarter ended March 30, 2013. The Company posted quarterly revenue of $43.6 billion and quarterly net profit of $9.5 billion, or $10.09 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $39.2 billion and net profit of $11.6 billion, or $12.30 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 37.5 percent compared to 47.4 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 66 percent of the quarter's revenue.

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BlackBerry Q10 coming to Canadian stores and carriers on May 1st

The much awaited BlackBerry Q10 has an arrival date. The BB10 powered QWERTY-keyboard toting BlackBerry handset  will be available in Canada starting May 1 on Rogers Wireless, Bell Mobility and TELUS starting at $199 with a 3 year contract. It will also be available on Virgin Mobile Canada, Fido, Koodo Mobile, and Sasktel, and available in select retail locations, including Best Buy, Future Shop, TBooth Wireless, The Source, Walmart Canada and WIRELESSWAVE. Hit jump for a demo video of the device and more details

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SourceCode: Massive change in retail requires adaptation

Retail Prophet Doug Stephens at the Art of Retail Event: "The best days of retail are ahead of us, but things are changing dramatically."By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

I attended the recent Art of Retail conference in downtown Toronto to learn more about how retail is undergoing a massive change and how companies are tackling continued competition from online as well as innovating to stay alive.

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Roger expands LTE network to 7 new markets today

Rogers announced that they are expanding their LTE network, Canada’s fastest wireless internet to 7 new markets today including  Keswick; Ontario, Hamilton, including Grimsby in Ontario, Orillia, Ontario, Stratford, Ontario, Airdrie, Alberta; Langley, B.C, Ottawa, including Kanata, Nepean, Gloucester, Stittsville and Cumberland.

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